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... Sydney as soon as he could find a job there . In the town he worked first for an iron- monger , then a brass- founder . Moderate security came at last in 1840 , when he ob- tained a minor posi- tion in the colonial Customs Department ...
... Sydney as soon as he could find a job there . In the town he worked first for an iron- monger , then a brass- founder . Moderate security came at last in 1840 , when he ob- tained a minor posi- tion in the colonial Customs Department ...
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... Sydney employer later recalled that Parkes , though ' a clever workman , would delay any job to talk politics . I had to let him go for that reason . ' That was in 1839 , the year of his arrival . Parkes himself has told how My mind ...
... Sydney employer later recalled that Parkes , though ' a clever workman , would delay any job to talk politics . I had to let him go for that reason . ' That was in 1839 , the year of his arrival . Parkes himself has told how My mind ...
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... Sydney journalists cherished the tale that a side of bacon hung for weeks in the office . As hunger stirred Parkes ... Sydney's merchant and professional communities . These ' liberals ' , as they came to be known , were anxious that the ...
... Sydney journalists cherished the tale that a side of bacon hung for weeks in the office . As hunger stirred Parkes ... Sydney's merchant and professional communities . These ' liberals ' , as they came to be known , were anxious that the ...
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